You’ve found it: the perfect pitch on Lake Garda, shaded by olive trees, a short stroll from the water, with a pool the children will love. Then you check your dates. July? Full. August? Full. If you…

Picture your first morning in northern Italy. Mist is lifting off the water, church bells ring out from a village across the lake, and you’re sipping a cappuccino on a terrace while the mountains slo…